Dr. Hugo Hidalgo León

- Alfaro E.J., H.G. Hidalgo. 2016. Climate of an oceanic island in the Eastern Pacific: Isla del Coco, Costa Rica, Central America. Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN- 0034-7744) Vol. 64 (Suppl. 1): S59-S74.
- Quirós Badilla, E., and H.G. Hidalgo León, 2016: Variabilidad y conexiones climáticas de la zona de convergencia intertropical del Pacífico este, Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos, 15, 21-36.
- Alfaro, E., H. Hidalgo, N. Mora, P. Pérez-Briceño, and B. Fallas, 2016. Assessment of Central America Regional Climate Outlook Forum maps, 1998-2013. Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos. 15(1), 37-52.
- Alfaro, E., H. Hidalgo and N. Mora, 2016. Prediction of MJ rainfall season using CCA models. Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos. 15(2), en prensa.

- Imbach, P., M. Beardsley, C. Bouroncle, C. Medellin, P. Läderach, H. Hidalgo, E. Alfaro, J. Van Etten, R. Allan, D. Hemming, R. Stone, 2016. Climate information for agricultural risk management in Central America: state of the art from a multidisciplinary perspective. Climatic Change. In press.
- Hannah, L., C. Donatti, C. Harvey, E. Alfaro, D. Rodriguez, C. Bouroncle, E. Castellanos, F. Diaz, E. Fung, H. Hidalgo, P. Imbach, P. Laderach, J. Landrum, A. Solano, 2016. Regional modeling of climate change impacts on smallholder agriculture and ecosystems in Central America. Climatic Change. DOI 10.1007/s10584-016-1867-y

- Alfaro, E., H. Hidalgo, N. Mora, P. Pérez-Briceño, and B. Fallas, 2016. Assessment of Central America Regional Climate Outlook Forum maps, 1998-2013. Tópicos Meteorológicos y Oceanográficos. 15(1), 37-52.
- Hidalgo, H., Alfaro, E. & Quesada-Montano, B. (2016). Observed (1970–1999) climate variability in Central America using a high-resolution meteorological dataset with implication to climate change studies. Climatic Change. doi:10.1007/s10584-016-1786-y
- Pérez-Briceño, P.M., Alfaro, E., Hidalgo, H., Jiménez, F., 2016. Distribución espacial de impactos de eventos hidrometeorológicos en América Central. Revista de Climatología, 16, 63-75.
- Amador, J. A., H. G. Hidalgo, E. J. Alfaro, A. M. Durán and B. Calderón, 2016. Central America. [In State of the Climate 2015], Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 97(8), S178-S181.
- Hidalgo H.G., A.M. Durán-Quesada, J.A. Amador, and E.J. Alfaro. 2015. The Caribbean Low Level Jet, the Inter-tropical Convergence Zone and precipitation patterns in the Intra Americas Sea: A proposed dynamical mechanism. Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography. doi:10.1111/geoa.12085 .
- Hidalgo H.G. and E.J. Alfaro. 2014. Skill of CMIP5 Climate Models in Reproducing 20th Century Basic Climate Features in Central America. International Journal of Climatology. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4216 .
- Hidalgo H.G. 2012. Los recursos hídricos en Costa Rica: un enfoque estratégico. En Diagnóstico del Agua en las Américas. Blanca Jiménez Cisneros y José Galicia Tundisi, coordinadores. Iteramerican Network of Academies of Sciences. 447pp.
- Amador J. A., E. J. Alfaro, H.G. Hidalgo, A.M. Durán-Quesada, B. Calderon, I.L. Rivera and C. Vega. 2014: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2013.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95 (7), S164-S166.
- Vano J.A., B. Udall; D.R. Cayan, J.T. Overpeck, L.D. Brekke, T. Das, H.C. Hartmann, H.G. Hidalgo, M. Hoerling, G.J. McCabe, K. Morino, R.S. Webb, K. Werner, D.P. Lettenmaier. 2014. Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 95, 59–78.
- Hidalgo H.G., J.A. Amador, E.J. Alfaro, and B. Quesada. 2013. Hydrological climate change projections for Central America. Journal of Hydrology. 495: 94-112.
- Amador, J. A., E. J. Alfaro, B. Calderón, A. M. Durán-Quesada, H. G. Hidalgo and I. L. Rivera. 2013: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2012.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(8), S154-155.
- Amador J. A., H.G. Hidalgo, E. J. Alfaro, B. Calderon, N.P. Mora and I.L. Rivera. 2012: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2011.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 (7), S169-S170.
- Hidalgo H.G. and E.J. Alfaro, 2012. Some Physical and Socio-economical Aspects of Climate Change in Central America. Progress in Physical Geography. 36(3):379-399.
- Hidalgo H.G. and E.J. Alfaro, 2012. Global model selection for evaluation of Climate Change projections in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Seascape. Biología Tropical. 60(3): 67-81.
- Westerling A.L., B.P. Bryant, T.P. Holmes, H.G. Hidalgo, T. Das and S.R. Shrestha, 2011. Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire. Climatic Change. 109: S445-S463.
- Das T., M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan, and H.G. Hidalgo, 2011. Potential increase in floods in California's Sierra Nevada under future climate projections. Climatic Change. 109: S71-S94.
- Amador J. A., E. J. Alfaro, H.G. Hidalgo, and B. Calderon, 2011: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2010.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, S182- S183.
- Westerling A.L., B.P. Bryant, T.P. Holmes, H.G. Hidalgo, T. Das and S.R. Shrestha, 2011. Climate change and growth scenarios for California wildfire. Climatic Change. 109: S445-S463.
- Das T., M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan, and H.G. Hidalgo, 2011. Potential increase in floods in California's Sierra Nevada under future climate projections. Climatic Change. 109: S71-S94.

- Amador J. A., E. J. Alfaro, H.G. Hidalgo, and B. Calderon, 2011: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2019.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92, S182- S183
- Amador J. A., E. J. Alfaro, H.G. Hidalgo, E.R. Rivera and B. Calderon, 2010: Central America and the Caribbean [in .State of the Climate in 2009.]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, S143-S144.
- Maurer, E. P., Hidalgo, H. G., Das, T., Dettinger, M.D., and Cayan, D. R., 2010: The utility of daily large-scale climate data in the assessment of climate change impacts on daily streamflow in California, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 14, 1125-1138, doi:10.5194/hess-14-1125-2010
- Hidalgo, H.G., T. Das, M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan, D.W. Pierce, T.P. Barnett, G. Bala, A. Mirin, A.W. Wood, C. Bonfils, B.D. Santer, and T. Nozawa, 2009: Detection and Attribution of Streamflow Timing Changes to Climate Change in the Western United States. J. Climate, 22, 3838–3855.
- Das, T., H.G. Hidalgo, M.D. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan, D.W. Pierce, C. Bonfils, T.P. Barnett, G. Bala, and A. Mirin, 2009: Structure and Detectability of Trends in Hydrological Measures over the Western United States. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 871–892.
- Barnett, T., D.W. Pierce, H. Hidalgo, C. Bonfils, B.D. Santer, T. Das, G. Bala, A.W. Wood, T. Nazawa, A. Mirin, D. Cayan, M. Dettinger, 2008, Human-induced changes in the hydrology of the western United States, Science. 319, 1080-1083.
- Pierce D.W., T.P. Barnett, H.G. Hidalgo. T. Das, C. Bonfils, B. Sander, G. Bala, M. Dettinger, D. Cayan and A. Mirin. 2008. Attribution of declining western US snowpack to human effects. Journal of Climate, 21:6425-6444.
- Bonfils C., B.D. Santer, D.W. Pierce, H.G. Hidalgo, G. Bala, T. Das, T.P. Barnett, M. Dettinger, D.R. Cayan, C. Doutriaux, A.W. Wood, A. Mirin, T. Nozawa. 2008. Detection and Attribution of temperature changes in the mountainous western United States. Journal of Climate, 21: 6404-6424.
- Maurer, E. P. and Hidalgo, H. G.: 2008. Utility of daily vs. monthly large-scale climate data: an intercomparison of two statistical downscaling methods, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 12, 551-563.
- McCabe G.J., J.L. Betancourt, S.T. Gray, M.A. Palecki and H.G. Hidalgo. 2008. Associations of multi-decadal sea-surface temperature variability with US drought. Quaternary International. 188: 31-40.
- MacDonald G.M., Kremenetski K.V. and H.G. Hidalgo. 2008. Southern California and the Perfect Drought: Simultaneous Prolonged Drought Occurrence in Southern California and the Sacramento and Colorado River Systems Over the Past 100 years and During the Medieval Climate Anomaly. Quaternary International. 188:11-23.
- Timilsena J., T.C. Piechota, H. Hidalgo and G. Tootle. 2007. Five Hundred Years of Hydrological Drought in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 43: 798-812. MacDonald G.M., Kremenetski K.V. and H.G. Hidalgo. 2007. Recent Eurasian river discharge to the Artic Ocean and the context of longer-term dendrohydrological records. Journal of Geophysical Research. 112. ARTN G04S50.
- McCabe G.J., J.L. Betancourt and H.G. Hidalgo. 2007. Associations of Decadal to Multidecadal Sea Surface Temperature Variability with Upper Colorado River Flow. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 43: 183-192. Westerling A.L., H. G. Hidalgo, D. R. Cayan, and T. W. Swetnam. 2006. Warming and Earlier Spring Increase Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity. Science. 313: 940-943
- MacDonald G.M., Rian S. and Hidalgo H.G. 2005. Southern California and the perfect drought. In Colorado River Basin Climate, Paleo, Present and Future. Lester A. Snow ed. 66pp. 50-57.
- Hidalgo H.G., Cayan D.R., Dettinger M.D. 2005. Sources of Variability of evapotranspiration in California. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 6:3-19
- Hidalgo, H. G. 2004. Climate precursors of multidecadal drought variability in the western United States. Water Resour. Res., Vol. 40, W12504 10.1029/2004WR003350
- Piechota, TC., Timilsena J, Tootle G and Hidalgo HG. 2004. The western US drought, how bad is it?. EOS transactions. American Geophysical Union. 85, 301-308.
- N.W.T. Quinn, L.D. Brekke, N.L. Miller, T. Heinzer, H. Hidalgo, J.A. Dracup. 2004. Model integration for assessing future hydroclimate impacts on water resources, agricultural production and environmental quality in the San Joaquin Basin, California.Environmental Modelling & Software 19 305–316.

- Hidalgo H.G.; Dracup J.A., 2003: ENSO and PDO effects on hydroclimatic variations of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4, 5-23.
- Hidalgo H.G., Dracup J.A., MacDonald G.M., King J.K., 2001: Comparison of tree species sensitivity to high and low extreme hydroclimatic events. Physical Geography, 21, 115-134.
- Hidalgo H. G., Piechota T C., Dracup J. A., 2000: Alternative Principal Components Regression Procedures for Dendrohydrologic Reconstructions. Water Resources Research, 36, 3241-3249.